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  • The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Mystery, Book 17 | [Nevada Barr]
    The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Mystery, Book 17
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    The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Mystery, Book 17

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs)
    • By Nevada Barr
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (354)
    Performance
    (289)
    Story
    (278)

    Thirty-five years old, fresh off the bus from New York City, and nursing a shattered heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, she goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she’s simply moved on - her cabin is cleaned out and her things gone. Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she got into this situation. As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that someone has trapped her there....

    SHEILA says: "Highly recommend this book"
    "Barr's Weakest Pigeon Read"
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    What disappointed you about The Rope?

    Wayyyyyyy too much about human excrement. A prequel to other Anna Pigeon books, Anna learns to love nature by being imprisoned naked in the desert. Sounds interesting? It's not, unless details of bodily functions are your thing.


    Would you ever listen to anything by Nevada Barr again?

    After this book, I'd be loath to listen to anything by Barr again. I DO recommend her earlier books and have bought, begged or borrowed all previous Anna Pigeon mysteries.


    How could the performance have been better?

    The performer did well with the material provided.


    You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

    After loving Nevada Barr books for years, I am sorry to report that this book didn't have any redeeming qualities. Save your pennies.


    4 of 6 people found this review helpful
  • The Gods of Gotham | [Lyndsay Faye]
    The Gods of Gotham
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    The Gods of Gotham

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 9 mins)
    • By Lyndsay Faye
    • Narrated By Steven Boyer
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (355)
    Performance
    (306)
    Story
    (308)

    It is 1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever.... Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this new "police force".

    M. Rincon says: "Couldn't put it down!"
    "RichlyTextured Historical Thriller"
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    If you could sum up The Gods of Gotham in three words, what would they be?

    I want more!


    What did you like best about this story?

    The historical setting at the juxtaposition of the formation in 1845 of the NYC police force and the early waves of Irish famine immigration is fascinating. More fascinating are the characters we follow, who provide most of the surprises in this thriller about a killer of child prostitutes. We may know who dunnit before the very likeable protagonist, but we understand why he doesn't get it first and we want to know why this diverse cast of characters behave as they do. The hero has a moral code, refreshing after living in modern America.


    Have you listened to any of Steven Boyer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    No


    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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